Campus

Introduction to Shanghai TCM University

Established in 1956, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (SHUTCM) is one of the four earliest colleges of traditional Chinese medicine in China. The university has taken a leading position in the colleges of traditional Chinese medicine in China, with the integration of education, medicine and scientific research, complete disciplines and majors and high-quality faculty. The university was established with 16 subsidiary colleges and departments, 4 affiliated hospitals, 13 affiliated or cooperative research institutes, 8 research centers, the earliest museum of medical history in China and a library with a collection of over 50,000 books. In 1999, the university passed the evaluation of "National Excellent College of Undergraduate Education", becoming the only university of traditional Chinese medicine honored with this reputation in China.

Supported by the educational resources in Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, International Education College is the higher education institution that was established particularly for overseas students at the university. In the past 30 years since its establishment, this college has trained nearly 6,000 TCM doctors, acupuncturists and physical therapists from almost 100 countries and regions in the world. This institution was the first college of Traditional Chinese medicine in China to provide educational services to overseas students under international standards such as ISO9001:2000 Quality Management System. At present, there are 440 degree-course students and over 1,000 short-term course students enrolling yearly in the College. This college is also established as an International Acupuncture Training Center under the World Health Organization (WHO); providing multiple language services in educational and exchanging activities including English, Japanese, French and Korean languages.

Honso's Dan Wen visited the University in May of 2007 and met with Ms. Ying Lijun, the Associate Dean of the International Education College of SHUTCM and her team at the International Cooperation Center, one of the main facilities for international education. Currently, there are over 500 international students from around the world studying here.

The main gate of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The building in the back is the library. The words on the statures are: "Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine" and "Shanghai Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

The creation of 'The Medical Classic of Yellow Emperor (on the right)', or Huang Di Nei Jing", one of several statures on the campus dedicated to the ancient history of Chinese medicine. The building in the back is the Int'l Education College.

Library Building. The university has a large collection of medicine and historical books, about 500,000.

Many streets on the campus are named after ancient contributors of Chinese Medicine. This street is called "Zhongjing Avenue" dedicated to Zhang Zhongjing who wrote the famous book Shang Han Lun